The Talk of the Town Phoenix by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about new Stork Club on Central Park South. Writer went there with a friend who has been going to nightclubs for 40 years and who reminisces about the old Stork Club over a glass of Moet & Chandon...

U. S. Journal SURVIVAL by Calvin Trillin. U.S. JOURNAL: DENVER about the Denver Symphony Orchestra, which is the only major symphony orchestra within 500 miles in any direction of Denver. Tells about their financial woes and how they finally succeeded in raising the necessary funds...

The Current Cinema by Pauline Kael. Review of "The Battle of Chile", a two-part, three-hour-and-ten-minute documentary about the events leading to the Fall of Allende. Tells about its making by a team of five. The director was a young Chilean, Patricio Guzman. The team were all Chilean except for one Spaniard...

Annals of Crime I-THE LOCKHEED INCIDENT by Robert Shaplen. ANNALS OF CRIME about the Lockheed bribery scandal in Japan. Lockheed's efforts to market its TriStar planes in 1972 in Japan included about $12 1/2 million in bribes and commissions, paid to leading figures in business, government and the system of money-politics that dominates Japanese political and business life...

Comment by Jonathan Schell. The global fortunes of liberty are difficult to measure, but it seems undeniable that in the last 5 years or so they have shown a definite improvement. At least 4 nations - Greece, Portugal, Spain & India - have made the difficult transition from dictatorship to constitutional govt. In the same period...

The Theatre WELL-TRODDEN WAYS by Brendan Gill.

The Talk of the Town Two Concerts by Jane Boutwell. Talk story about Carnegie Hall rehearsal and concert where Vladimir Horowitz, 74 years old, played Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto with the NY Philharmonic Orchestra--Eugene Ormandy conducting. This was the first time in 25 years that Mr. Horowitz played a concerto with an orchestra and marked the 50th anniversary of...

Fiction Mom Gets Lost by Paul W. Wales. A punk rock band with miserable manners is performing live at Mom's apartment. Her daughter is delighted; Mom thinks they are animals. They set up colored lights, crush the carpet, and knock a hole in the wall. The neighbors call to say Mom's Home Entertainment Center is floating in the...

Around City Hall AROUND CITY HALL WE'RE HERE by Andy Logan. At frequent intervals over the past few months, prominent members of Congress have said it's unlikely that their colleagues would oblige this widely unloved city with an extension of the federal seasonal-loan program that has kept N.Y. in day-to-day funds since Congress voted it into law in...

The Talk of the Town Two Concerts by Calvin Tomkins. Talk story about "Wall to Wall Bach", a 12-hour (11 AM to 11 PM) concert held on a recent Saturday at the Symphony Theatre on Broadway at 95th St. The American Symphony Orchestra and a group of amateurs performed. Allan Miller is the conductor for special programs of the...

Fiction The Border by Robert Hemenway. Tom Croft takes extended leave from his NY job and goes to the Mediterranean with his wife, Joanna. After a few months, Joanna decides to go back to NY. Tom travels alone in Italy, missing her, then goes to Austria. He meets a riding master in Thaures, near the Czech...

Musical Events by Andrew Porter.

The Talk of the Town Phoenix by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about new Stork Club on Central Park South. Writer went there with a friend who has been going to nightclubs for 40 years and who reminisces about the old Stork Club and its manager. The friend remembers their captain at the new Stork, Jim Roussos, from Christo's on...

Poetry Approaching Washington Heights by James Reiss. North, near the tip, where the island...

Poetry The Buzzard by Jack Butler. What do you do for a buzzard with a busted wing...

Poetry The Sick Child by Louise Gluck. A small child...